The Lady Shenton is splendidly deve loped and has paid £48,000 in divi dends. This district is one to which insufficient attention has been given as yet, owing to the finds on the fields to the south, but it thould in time constitute an important addition to the gold output. The quartz at Menzies resembles very much that of the Bendigo reets. Further up along the.road to the Murchison district, where the Cue mines are situated, many'mining properties are being developed, although under difficulties, owing.to..the cost of carriage. There will be one day a railway along this track.. West Australia -is.in the happy position of being able to count with certainty upon its goldfield lines paying. To the north-east there are the Mount Margaret and Mount Leonora fields, both in the course of development, and away-beyond that the East Mur. chison fields. The Sons of -Gwalia mine at Leonora is already giving handsome returns, and promises to become one of the best paying mines in West Australia. It is situated, roughly speaking, about 50 miles from Menzies and 150 miles from Kalgoorlie. If the reader will pause to consider the immense area of land which is thus being opened up here and there and giv ing handsome results, he will realise that the gold wealth of West Aubtralia is enormous. It is true that every mine does not prove to be reproductive, and that much .money is being spent and will'be spent without returns, but that its output of.golii will in years to come be perhaps as large as that of all the other colonies put together there is just reason to believe. I have left reference tc the rich deep leads at Kanowna, Bulong, and the Golden Valley for re ference in another and a concluding article. The mines to which reference has been made are those which call for the intervention of i'apitil. While at Kanowna there are several gold-niining companies now in existence, chief in terest c?itires upon the work of indi vidual miners. It is essentially a- poor man's diggings, although I fancy that a. good many of the men who have been. working there for the past eight or ten months are no longer poor, if they were so at first. But here also it must be remembered that luck has, much to do 'with success.